Bind textbox to custom property in My.Settings

I need to store a complete set of database connection information in a utility app's settings file. Storing a password in clear text is not acceptable, but the user should not have to worry about that. I have the server, database and user name settings all bound to text controls as usual. When it comes to bind to the clear text password setting, it does not show up in the list (illustrated below).

Here's my customized settings class. The three code attributes are copied directly from the Settings.Designer.vb file generated for the other simple text settings. I would think this property would show up, but it does not. I re-compiled, closed Visual Studio, re-opened -- nothing.

While it'd be nice to get the setting to bind like the others, it's not worth spending a lot of time on it. Option #2 seems safe enough but I did add a line to clear out the clear-text password when saving.

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